cosa stai

what are you

→ cosa
phrase Very common #436
what are you Usually followed by a gerund, as in cosa stai facendo, cosa stai scrivendo, or cosa stai pensando. It is used in the present progressive to ask or say what someone is doing.
IT: Cosa stai facendo adesso?
EN: What are you doing right now?

Cosa stai caricando?

What are you uploading?

— Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Sappiamo cosa stai passando.

We know what you're going through.

— Sorry, Baby (2025)

Cosa stai inventando?

What are you making up?

— I diabolici (1955)

Cosa stai cucinando?

What are you cooking?

Cosa stai disegnando, Ah Chun?

What are you drawing, Ah Chun?

— Ip Man (2008)

Tu cosa stai imparando dalla professoressa?

What are you learning from the teacher?

Cosa stai sentendo?

What are you hearing?

— Taxi Blues (1990)

Cosa stai a guardare li, bamboccio!

What are you looking at there, kid!

— Amarcord (1973)

Cosa stai fissando?

What are you staring at?

— Non dirlo a nessuno (2006)

Cosa stai blaterando?!

What are you babbling about?!

— Loveless (2017)

Cosa stai imparando dalla professoressa?

What are you learning from the teacher?

Cosa stai nascondendo nel tuo turbante?

What are you hiding in your turban?

Cosa stai pulendo?

What are you cleaning?

Nessuno sa cosa stai passando.

Nobody knows what you're going through.

Tu cosa stai studiando questo semestre?

What are you studying this semester?

Su cosa stai indagando?!

What are you investigating?!

— L'organo genocida (2017)

Cosa stai cantando?

What are you singing?

Cosa stai indossando?

What are you wearing?

Capisco cosa stai attraversando.

I understand what you're going through.

— Tempo d'estate (1955)

Cosa stai dipingendo?

What are you painting?

— Rushmore (1998)

Cosa stai fissando, Fernanda?

What are you staring at, Fernanda?

— Il suono intorno (2012)

Cosa stai blaterando?

What are you blathering on about?

— Ratatouille (2007)

Con cosa stai suonando?

What are you playing with?

Cosa stai sognando adesso?

What are you dreaming about right now?

— Cidade dos Homens (2007)

Cosa stai bruciando?

What are you burning?

— Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Cosa stai indicando?

What are you pointing to?

Di cosa stai tentando di convincermi?

What are you trying to convince me of?

— Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)

Cosa stai imparando dal professore?

What are you learning from the professor?